'We laid foundation for alternative to Modi'

'The Congress should have accepted our demands.''Gone are the days when it could decide how many crumbs to throw at us.''Now, we make the demands.'Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: Akash Sable.......

'If they open their mouths in protest, they are labelled as Maoists'

'...incarcerated in jails, ruining their entire families.''You would see that Dalits who displayed so much agitation over the Bhima-Koregaon issue are effectively silenced by the arrests of their......

Dance bars are not Mumbai's only problem

As home minister I would expect R R Patil to think of protecting women. He doesn't evoke a sense of pride and security. He is singularly obsessed with banning things, says N Suresh. When......

Namdeo Dhasal: A poet with a panther's hunger for justice

Sudheendra Kulkarni pays tribute to friend, poet and Dalit activist Namdeo Dhasal who passed into the ages on Wednesday. I was woken up early in the morning by an sms beep on my mobile. Unusual for......